Myelosarcoma of the cavernous sinus in a nonleukemic patient - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-175

  Schoeggl, Andreas ^a   Reddy, Marion ^a   Matula, Christian ^a   Chott, Andreas ^b   Koos, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Granulocytic sarcoma; Intracranial neoplasm; Myelosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MELPHALAN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHLOROMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034091096     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.40.173     Document Type: Article

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